Brian Campbell: Slow-play penalty a 'bad situation'

For the first time in 22 years Friday, the PGA Tour handed out a slow-play penalty during an event.

At the team-play TPC Louisiana, Brian Campbell and teammate Miguel Angel Carballo received the first pace-of-play penalty since Glen Day at the 1995 Honda Classic, turning their round of 73 into a 74.

Carballo was warned at the par-4 12th, while Campbell was penalized for the team at the 14th when he failed to play the shot in under 40 seconds.

“Bad situation, with the new format and how quick the pace of play is,” Campbell said Friday to Jeff Babineau of Golfweek. “(The situation) didn’t really give us a chance to adapt, I guess.”

Due to Thursday's alternate shot format, with only one ball being played, the entire team receives the warning and penalty. In contrast, Friday's format is four-ball, so the warning would only apply to the player involved.

“Typically, once a player receives a bad time, he alters his practice and starts running,” said Steve Carman, PGA Tour Tournament Director of Rules and Competition. “Therefore the time it takes him to play a stroke is drastically reduced."

Being paired with two local club professionals - Kyle Ramey and Phil Schmitt - during the round, didn't help Campbell and Carballo.

“Team event, we’re playing with section pros, who were struggling a bit, hate to say it, but it kind of put us behind the clock,” said Campbell. “When you keep hitting bad shots, it’s hard to catch up time.”